Ezekiel 26 is a prophecy against Tyre, the wealthy port city that celebrated Jerusalem’s fall and expected to profit from it. This set of questions and answers is for small groups, Sunday classes and personal study who want to work through the chapter verse by verse without a separate commentary. Each section moves from what the text says, to what it means, to how it shapes daily life.
Ezekiel 26 at a Glance
The chapter opens with the word of the LORD given to Ezekiel in the eleventh year, explaining why Tyre is under judgment: it gloated over Jerusalem and hoped to gain from its ruin (verses 1-2). The Lord then announces that many nations will come against Tyre, with Nebuchadnezzar named as the agent, and describes the siege, the breaking of walls and towers, and the destruction of the city’s strength (verses 3-14).
The final section shifts to the reaction of the coastal peoples and princes, who tremble at Tyre’s fall, and ends with the Lord’s declaration that Tyre will be brought down to the pit and no longer be found (verses 15-21). Use this flow to keep your discussion on track as you move through the questions.
Observation Questions
Begin here so the group agrees on what the text actually says before anyone draws conclusions. Ask each question, let a few people answer from the passage itself, and read the relevant verses aloud before moving on.
Ezekiel 26:2
“Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken! She who was the gateway of the peoples has been returned to me. I will be replenished, now that she is laid waste;’
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This verse names Tyre’s offence in its own words, rejoicing over Jerusalem’s fall. Reading it aloud early in the session anchors the whole discussion in the reason for judgment.
Ezekiel 26:6
Her daughters who are in the field will be slain with the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’
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The phrase “they will know that I am the LORD” states the purpose behind the judgment. Read it so the group hears the theme that unifies the chapter.
Ezekiel 26:14
I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more; for I the LORD have spoken it,’ says the Lord the LORD.
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This verse sums up the destruction of Tyre as a bare rock, and the closing line that the LORD has spoken gives weight to the prophecy. It is a good pause point before the reactions of the coastal peoples.
Ezekiel 26:16-17
16 Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, and will tremble every moment, and be astonished at you. 17 They will take up a lamentation over you, and tell you, “How you are destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, who was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all who lived there!”
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These verses show the princes stripping off their robes and lamenting over the city. Reading them aloud helps the group feel the grief of those who witness the fall.
Ezekiel 26:20-21
20 Then I will bring you down with those who descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living. 21 I will make you a terror, and you will no more have any being. Though you are sought for, yet you will never be found again,’ says the Lord the LORD.”
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The chapter closes with Tyre brought down to the lower parts of the earth and the promise that God will set glory in the land of the living. Ending the reading here lets the group sit with both the seriousness and the hope of God’s purposes.
Memory Verse for Ezekiel 26
A Closing Prayer for the Group
Father, we come to You as people who have watched a proud city fall and felt the weight of Your judgment on pride and gloating. Search our hearts where we have rejoiced in others’ trouble or trusted in our own walls and wealth. Teach us to grieve injustice without cruelty and to hold what we have with open hands. Let our lives make You known as the LORD who acts in history and who sets glory in the land of the living. Be with each person in this group this week, and keep us faithful to Your word. Amen.
